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Touching for luck - Forbidden City, Beijing

As an aid to extinguish ifres, large pots of water were located throught the Forbidden City. These were heated with first underneath in the wintertime to ensure the water did not freeze. Rubbing these relics is considered to bring one good luck.

Canon EOS 10D ,Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM
1/1250s f/4.0 at 17.0mm iso200 hide exif
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Date/Time10-Apr-2004 12:02:56
MakeCanon
ModelEOS 10D
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length17 mm
Exposure Time1/1250 sec
Aperturef/4
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias
White Balance (-1)
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (6)
Exposure Program
Focus Distance

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